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Exhibition image – November 2021
Jody Graham – Draw from The Discarded
In this class you will be able to draw the wonderful world of birds using burnt wood salvaged from the Black Summer Bushfires, to pay homage to the endurance of the community and the environment. Some people see burnt remnants as a negative, using them in a positive way to draw and transform allows an individual to express the beauty in a new beginning. Join expert Jody Graham as you explore new techniques and investigate contemporary drawing practices, developing your skills of drawing with unconventional methods.
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Enmore Road, Newtown, ink, pastel, charcoal on paper, 56cm x 76cm
This one-day expressive drawing workshop is jam packed with projects and tasks to introduce students to expressive drawing in mixed media.
A workshop designed to activate and expand on your passion to draw and create. Learn innovative expressive drawing techniques to help you simplify complicated subjects and create contemporary unique artworks.
When you participating in this one-day course you can expect to learn how to create dynamic compositions, explore mark making with a variety of material, develop your drawing skills and refine techniques to promote individual expression.
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Charcoal from Australian Black Summer bushfires and compressed charcoal on paper, 38cm x 57cm
The Wonderful World of Birds Workshop will teach you how to capture the expressive qualities of birds we encounter in our daily lives. The central theme throughout the workshop will be to help you understand and learn techniques to draw and paint avian qualities that intrigue and inspire you
Learn in a fun, covid safe environment easy to follow drawing approaches designed to strengthen observation skills and develop individual expression. Demonstrations will guide students through a combination of mixed media techniques, planned to promote the creation of unique artworks.
This is a masterclass for intermediate and advanced students.
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Jody Graham – Installing ‘Drawn from the Discarded’ Photo by Graeme Wienand
“Mythologies of the Discarded” opens on Saturday 28th October at Peacock Gallery, Auburn. All welcome.
The exhibition presents the work of international and local artists Maria Grazia Tata, Jody Graham, Sepideh Farzam, Jan Cleveringa and Bahman Kermany whose installations are deeply rooted in mythology, our relationship with nature, sustainability and transformation.
Curated by Nazanin Marashian.
Exhibition Launch and Artist Talks – Saturday 28 October 2017, 1.30 – 3.30pm at The Peacock Gallery.
Address
Auburn Botanic Gardens
Corner of Chiswick and Chisholm Roads, Auburn
OPENING HOURS
Monday: Closed
Tuesday to Sunday: 11am-4pm
(Appointments for tour groups can be organised outside these hours)
To view flyer and more information about workshops connected to this exhibition click link below.
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Jody Graham – Drawn from the Discarded – installation of drawing tool – 2016/17
Expressive Mark-Making with Jody Graham
Saturday, 5 and 12 August 2017
10 am – 4 pm
Join award-winning artist Jody Graham as she guides you through two days of creating and using your own mark-making tools.
Day 1 | Saturday, 5 August 2017
Mark-making at Nurragingy Reserve*
Meet at Nurragingy Reserve in the morning to find materials. Head to Blacktown Arts Centre in the afternoon to start making your tools.
*Participants must organise their own transport to and from Nurragingy Reserve.
Day 2 | Saturday, 12 August 2017
Life drawing with non-conventional drawing tools
Extend your ideas about what you can draw with, and discover alternative ways to understand and draw the human figure.
Cost
$45 for 2 workshops
This is a 2-day workshop. Single workshop bookings are not available. Price includes GST and booking fee. All materials and afternoon tea are provided. Please bring your own lunch.
Workshops & Classes for 2016
4 x Still life Workshops – Starting Thursday 5.30pm – 7.30pm – 17th November 2016 – Hawkesbury Regional Gallery
For more details…
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/still-life-with-jody-graham-tickets-28748704148?aff=es2
Blacktown Arts Centre
Is Your Work Exhibition Ready?
Skills Development for Visual Artists
Blacktown Arts Centre presents a skills development program led by talented creatives.
The program includes three skills-based workshops and a discussion that will answer all your questions about the Blacktown City Art Prize. You will have the opportunity to learn from four experienced and respected visual artists and sharpen your ability to produce exhibition-ready paintings and drawings.
Discussion
with Blacktown Arts Centre Curator
Paul Howard
Thursday 21 July 2016 | 7pm – 8.30pm
Free
Drawing Skills & Presentation
with Jody Graham
Saturday 23 July 2016 | 10am – 4pm
$60*
Painting Skills & Presentation
with Josh Honeyman
Friday 29 July 2016 | 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Saturday 30 July 2016 | 10am – 4pm
$75* (both sessions)
Best Possible Light:
How to Photograph Your Artwork
with Jennifer Leahy
Saturday 6 August 2016 | 10am – 2pm
Free
This is a pilot program designed to encourage and increase participation by local artists in the Blacktown City Art Prize, and other awards and exhibitions.
*A number of subsidised places are available for artists who live in Blacktown City.
Contact Tia McIntyre for more information:
(02) 9839 6385
tia.mcintyre@blacktown.nsw.gov.au
This workshop program has been developed in response to feedback received from entrants of the 2015 Blacktown City Art Prize.
Term 3 – 25 July – 12 September 2016
Monday 6.30pm – 9pm – Drawing / Fundamentals of Drawing
https://www.artest.com.au/course/AdultDrawingClassEvening
July 2016
Blacktown Arts Centre
Saturday 23rd July 2016 10am – 4pm
Drawing Skills and Presentation Techniques for Artists workshops
August 2016
Little Rivers Studio
1 day Loosening up Drawing Workshop
Sunday 7th August 2016
Contact – Jeanette Starr
Bracken Stud. 226 Grose River Road, Grose Wold
Mob: 0414 76 1308
Email: brackenstud@iprimus.com.au
Web: www.littleriverartstudios.com.au
September 2016
Grampian Brushes– 10 – 15th September – 2016
Victoria – Grampians National Park M: 0428 825 971
http://www.grampiansbrushes.com.au
* 2 day Life Drawing Workshop
* 4 day Intensive Drawing Workshop
November/ December 2016
Hawkesbury Regional Gallery
http://mgnsw.org.au/organisations/hawkesbury-regional-gallery/
Still Life in Mixed Media
4 week evening course
Thursday 24th November – 15th December 2016
5.30pm – 7.30pm
Royal Art Society
25 – 27 Walker St, North Sydney
(02) 99555752
Tuesday 10am – 1pm
Life Drawing – working with a variety of models and poses
Review
“Jody,
A big thanks for your guidance over the past couple of terms while I undertook ‘Life Drawing’ in 2015. The wide range of media used were accessible to everyone along with your thought provoking ideas to encourage students, like myself, to think outside the box. What I would have dismissed before the course I now look at through open eyes. You certainly are inclusive of all students in the class and I enjoyed the ‘down to earth’ approach to art in general.
I really look forward to doing another course with you.
Thanks once again.
Margaret Briggs”
Workshop Reviews
Thanks for last lesson, I had a great time with the excellent model. I really needed the break to do something that is “Me” after a very exhausting month. Thanks for all the encouragement regarding my drawings 🙂 I am very impressed with how attuned you are to all your students and your great investment intellectually, emotionally and creatively in the class, it’s very inspiring. It’s really nice to be in a supportive and caring artistic environment with relatively low pressure, without the stress of the art world or the pressures of academia… To just get immersed in the process and enjoy the time. It really filled “my batteries” last weekend.
Na’ama Atzmon-Simon – Art teacher
I loved the pace of the day,……… not a minute to waste.
Your inspirational work together with your effective communication skills made for a very positive experience.
Many thanks once again.
Di Nickel – Member of 101 Oatley and St George Art Society